What line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere?
Equator
100
The Earth tilts 23 degrees on its axis. Which of the following would change if the Earth’s tilt would change?
Earth’s seasons
100
Tectonic plate movement in the earth’s lithosphere may be caused by all of the following except-
a. Slab Pull
b. Ridge push
c. Convection
d. Magnetism
Magnetism
100
Earthquakes are the result of which of the following?
a. Changing air pressure in the earth’s atmosphere
b. Shifting of plates in the lithosphere
c. Softening of mantle rock on the earth’s surface
d. Erosion along the coastline
b. Shifting of plates in the lithosphere
100
Which of the following has the greatest influence on climate?
a. Latitude
b. Humidity
c. Wind velocity
d. Rainfall amount
a. Latitude
200
What name is given to the study of the connections between people and thier physical environment?
a. people-place reaction
b. animal-location relationships
c. human-environment interaction
d. geography-location interaction
c. human-environment interaction
200
By what means does erosion weather away of Earth’s surface?
a. by tectonic activity
b. by wind, glaciers, and moving water
c. by the forces of magma and gravity
d. by the pull of the sun and the moon
b. by wind, glaciers, and moving water
200
Which of the following climate regions has the widest temperature range?
a. arctic
b. subarctic
c. marine west coast
d. tropical
b. subarctic
200
The __________, the 0 degree north-south line running through the mid-Pacific ocean also divides the Earth into hemispheres (Eastern and Western)
a. Equator
b. Prime Meridian
c. Latitude
d. Longitude
b. Prime Meridian
200
Geographers identify three types of regions: ________, functional, and perceptual.
a. Location
b. Place
c. Formal
d. Movement
c. Formal
300
One way of locating a place is by describing its _______- the exact spot at which the place is found on the globe.
Absolute Location
300
Although absolute location is useful, most people locate a place in relation to other places, or by its __________.
Relative Location
300
The __________, the line circling the earth midway between the North and South Poles, divides the Earth into hemispheres, or two halves (North and South).
Equator
300
A _________, or uniform, region is defined by a common characteristic, such as a product produced there.
Formal
300
An ____________ is a community of plants and animals that depend upon one another, and thier surroundings, for survival.
Ecosystem
400
The ________ is the northernmost point on the Earth to recieve the direct rays of the sun.
a. Equator
b. Prime Meridian
c. Tropic of Cancer
d. Tropic of Capricorn
c. Tropic of Cancer
400
The sun’s direct rays strike farther south, reaching thier southernmost latitude, 23 1/2 S, or the __________ about December 22.
a. Equator
b. Prime Meridian
c. Tropic of Cancer
d. Tropic of Capricorn
d. Tropic of Capricorn
400
It takes the Earth a about 365 days, 1 year, to complete one ________, or trip around the sun.
Revolution
400
Land takes up about ____ of the earth’s surface.
30 percent
400
What is the highest point on the earth?
Mount Everest
500
Which of the following best describes the earth’s inner core?
solid and extremely hot
500
Accretion, a type of tectonic activity, occurs when
a. a sea plate moves over another sea plate.
b. a sea plate slowly slides under a continental plate.
c. a continental plate slides under a sea plate.
d. a continental plate splits into two parts.
b. a sea plate slowly slides under a continental plate.
500
Four major types of landforms are
mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains.
500
The ____ is the deepest known depression on Earth.